Скачать или смотреть Protesters call for ordination of women as Pope presides over Vatican meeting on future of church

(6 Oct 2023)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rome - 6 October 2023
1. Pull focus from the Dome of St. Peter’s to women holding up banner reading (English) “Walk with women”, UPSOUND (English) "Ordain women"
2. Women lined up with signs, one reading (English) “How long must Catholic women wait for equality?”
3. Women chanting UPSOUND “Women are priests”
4. Kate McElwee leading chant UPSOUND “Ordain women” and "Resistance to patriarchy is obedience to God"
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Kate McElwee, Executive Director of Women’s Ordination Conference:
“We represent hundreds of women around the world who are part of our network 'Women’s Ordination Worldwide'. We carry the prayers and hopes and vocations of so many women around the world who long to fully participate in the church and to serve their church as ordained ministers.”
6. Sign reading (English) “Women priests are here"
7. Mid of women with signs, dome of St Peter’s in the distance
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Jamie Manson, President of Catholics for Choice:
“So when I was 14-years-old, I was in Church on Holy Thursday and I felt called to be priest. I felt that God was calling me to dedicate my life to the eucharist. And I have pursued that calling now for over 30 years, and it has led me in all different ways to serve our church in a prophetic way, asking for justice from our Church, particularly justice for women."
9. Banner reading (English) “Pope Francis: How long must women wait for equality?”
10. Woman holding sign, reading (English) “Walk with women”
11. Wide of protests
STORYLINE:
A small group of women chanted “ordain women” and held up signs reading “women priests now” a short distance from where Pope Francis is presiding over a historic Vatican meeting on the future of the Catholic Church.

The women are part of a group of advocates from the Women’s Ordination Conference that has pushed for a greater role for women in the Church.

Women have long complained they are treated as second-class citizens in the church, barred from the priesthood and highest ranks of power yet responsible for the lion’s share of its work teaching in Catholic schools, running Catholic hospitals and passing the faith down to next generations.

They have long demanded a greater say in church governance, up to and including priestly ordination, but have often been shut down by the male-dominated hierarchy.

The 3-week-long synod, which began Wednesday, is the culmination of an unprecedented two-year canvasing of rank-and-file Catholics about their hopes for the future of the institution, including on such hot-button issues as women, LGBTQ+ Catholics and priestly celibacy.

The potential that this synod, and a second session next year, could lead to real change on previously taboo topics has given hope to many women and progressive Catholics.

AP video by Luigi Navarra

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